Hurt at Work on the Coast? We Pick Up the Phone.
Father and daughter comp lawyers for shipyard, port and plant workers along the Mississippi coast. The first talk is free.
- We come to your kitchen table or hospital room
- No fee unless we recover benefits for you
- Paul and Denise answer their own phones
What Would My Weekly Check Be?
Mississippi comp pays about two thirds of your usual weekly pay while a doctor keeps you off work. Put in your numbers for a rough idea before you call.
Estimated weekly comp check
$600 a week
- Usual weekly pay
- $900
- Comp pays
- Two thirds
- Days that count so far
- 7 of 10
- Owed for those days, about
- $600
Mississippi skips the first 5 days unless you are out longer than 14 days. Then those days are paid too.
A rough estimate, not a promise of benefits. It uses a sample weekly cap of $600. Mississippi sets a new cap each year, and the insurer figures your real rate from your pay over the year before you got hurt. Longshore Act claims use different math. General information, not legal advice.
The Work We Know Best
Most of our clients build ships, move cargo or work a line. Tap any photo to see it larger.
Shipyard and Longshore
Burns, falls, crush injuries and hearing loss from the yards on the river. Some of these claims fall under the federal Longshore Act. We handle both kinds.
Plant and Poultry Lines
Carpal tunnel, shoulder and back injuries from the same motion all day. These build slowly, and insurers like to call them age.
Denied Claims and Doctor Fights
Checks stopped, or the insurer's doctor says you are fine? Mississippi lets you pick your own doctor.
Settlements You Understand
Before you sign, we go through what you give up, line by line. Some rights end for good the day you sign.
Two Broussards, One Phone Number
Paul Broussard started taking comp cases in 1988, when half his clients built ships on the river. His daughter Denise joined him in 2012 after six years on the insurance side, so she knows how they think.
Whoever picks up is a lawyer. Keisha, our paralegal, chases your medical records and calls you every other Friday, news or not.
What Clients Tell Their Coworkers
Denise drove out to Vancleave after my shoulder surgery. She had my paperwork sorted before the coffee was done.
Tammy L.Vancleave
The insurance doctor said my back was fine. Paul told me I had the right to pick my own doctor. Nobody else had said that. I finally felt heard.
Marcus W.Moss Point
I worked the line in Gautier for 19 years. Keisha called me every other Friday like clockwork. I never had to chase anybody.
Rosa M.Gautier
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Questions From the Break Room
The ones we hear most, answered plainly. Yours is not on here? Call and ask.
Can I pick my own doctor?
Yes. In Mississippi you can choose one doctor to treat your injury, instead of the one the company sends you to. Changing doctors after that usually needs approval, so talk with us before you switch.
How soon do I need to report my injury?
Tell your supervisor right away, and put it in writing. Mississippi law asks for notice within 30 days, and you generally have two years to file a claim. If you already waited, call us anyway and we will look at what happened.
What if my claim is denied?
You can ask the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission for a hearing. A judge there hears both sides and looks at your medical records. We prepare you for it and sit beside you.
What does a comp lawyer cost?
Nothing up front. Our fee is a percentage of what we recover for you, agreed in writing, and the Commission has to approve it. If we recover nothing, you owe us no fee.
Do shipyard and dock workers get Mississippi comp?
It depends on where you were hurt and what job you do. Many people who work on the water or at the docks fall under the federal Longshore Act instead, which has its own rules and pay rates. We sort that out on the first call.
We take cases across Jackson, Harrison and George counties. Pascagoula, Moss Point, Gautier, Ocean Springs, Escatawpa, Vancleave, Hurley, Wade, Biloxi, D'Iberville, Gulfport and Lucedale. Can't get to us? We come to you.
Call Before You Sign Anything
Monday to Friday, 8 to 6. A lawyer answers.